How Dusty Baker's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players

Dusty Baker posted a career Batting Average of .278, near the league average of .263 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best Batting Average season came in 1968, posting .400, well above the league average of .246 that year. The lowest point came in 1969 at .000, well below the league average of .255 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .292 in 1984 to .268 in 1985 and .240 in 1986. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Batting Average profile — ranging from .000 to .400 — though the career average tracked near league norms.

Dusty Baker Lifetime Batting Average and Similar Stats

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Dusty Baker Batting Average Per Season

Dusty Baker's Batting Average for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, LF, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Dusty Baker Batting Average per season line chart

Dusty Baker Batting Average by Team

Dusty Baker's career Batting Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Dusty Baker career Batting Average by team bar chart

Dusty Baker Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Dusty Baker's career Batting Average shifted from season to season. Each bar represents the change added to his career total that year, making peak and decline phases easy to spot.
Dusty Baker Batting Average year-over-year waterfall chart

Dusty Baker Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Dusty Baker's seasonal Batting Average alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Dusty Baker Batting Average distribution box chart versus comparable players

Dusty Baker Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Dusty Baker's MLB career with Batting Average alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.

Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
Dusty Baker Batting Average season-by-season breakdown table